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Fuel prices in Spain: week 13 of 2012

26 Mar – 1 Apr 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.392 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.498 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.295 €: it is now 9.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Girona (+3.2 cents). Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−1.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.289 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 26 MarMon 2 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3901.392no change1.392
Petrol 951.4801.4981.8 ¢1.496
Petrol 981.5951.6131.8 ¢1.611

The median of all stations at 00:00 Madrid time; the week runs from Monday to Monday (the prices after Sunday).

Diesel and petrol 95 in Spain, last 12 weeks

1.301.351.401.451.502 Jan20 Feb2 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 AprChange
Rose most
Girona1.4243.2 ¢
Barcelona1.4213.0 ¢
Tarragona1.4182.7 ¢
Lleida1.3981.8 ¢
Huelva1.4010.9 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.1591.3 ¢
Melilla1.0781.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 AprChange
Rose most
Barcelona1.5264.6 ¢
Girona1.5264.6 ¢
Tarragona1.5224.2 ¢
Lleida1.5033.8 ¢
Ceuta1.2543.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1331.000 39.2 ¢1.112
bonÀrea351.289 10.3 ¢1.418
Alcampo431.358 3.4 ¢1.458
Avia1021.373 1.9 ¢1.476
Petronor1971.380 1.2 ¢1.488
Eni391.388 median1.498
Moeve5861.389 median1.496
Q8701.389 median1.495
Shell3401.389 median1.496
Campsa1041.390 median1.498

* Most of its stations are on the Canary Islands, in Ceuta or Melilla, where fuel taxes are lower.

Chains with at least 30 stations selling diesel; median prices at the end of the week, the difference is to the Spanish median.

Oil and the euro that week

Brent, $ per barrel$ 123.4130.03.2012 · a week earlier: $ 125.21
Brent, € per litre0.581 €30.03.2012 · a week earlier: 0.595 €
EUR/USD1.335630.03.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3242
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2702.04.2012 · Spain 1.393 €, EU average 1.521 € (1 = cheapest)

Brent and the euro: the last value before each Monday. Pump prices follow crude with a lag of several weeks.

Brent oil price in euros per litre → · Fuel prices in Spain and the EU →

Sources: Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), open data; U.S. EIA (Brent); European Central Bank (euro rate); European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (CC BY 4.0). Medians and changes calculated by Litrigo.